The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton -- found family, brothers, young hoods, Robert Frost
Persuasion by Jane Austen -- second chance at love, family strife, personal growth, female friendship
Shane by Jack Schaefer -- found family, western, lone gunman, hero worship
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson -- swashbuckler, historical fiction, buddy story, mismatched friends
Laura by Vera Caspary -- dark mystery, detective hero, mysterious woman, unconventional romance
Bloodlines by Jan Burke -- dual timeline, connected murder mysteries, mentors, news reporter
Emmazel by Kendra E. Ardnek -- Jane Austen retelling, Rapunzel retelling, snarky talking cat, female friendship
Beauty by Robin McKinley -- fairy tale retelling, medieval-esque setting, friends-to-lovers, unconventional heroine
Hondo by Louis L'Amour -- man of few words, unconventional romance, western, sacrificial love
Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards -- gardening, cottagecore, orphans, found family
Have you read any of these? What books were on your TTT list this week?
Mandy sounds like an interesting read.
ReplyDeleteHere is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
Lydia, it's a sweet book I've loved since I was a kid :-)
DeleteI've read Persuasion and Beauty, and a few of these definitely look interesting to me. Always enjoy your take on things and suggestions!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Brittany! If you do try any of these, I hope you like them :-)
DeleteIt's been 10 years since I read Mandy but I remember loving it. Though I don't remember the plot...
ReplyDeleteChloe, Mandy is not really memorable for the plot ;-) When I reread it a year or so ago, I was surprised by how little I remembered, except for all the stuff about cleaning and gardening!
DeleteI've read the first four plus Beauty & loved, loved them all. Laura sounds like the type of book I like reading & I'd never heard of it.
ReplyDeleteI was a late starter with Detective mysteries but they are one of my favourite genres these days. I picked up Death in Berlin by M.M. Kaye whose name I know from her book, The Far Pavilions (I haven't read it though) and was surprised that she wrote crime novels. It was really good but from what I've read some of her other 'Death in...' are better - I was just happy to find the one I did.
Carol, Laura is the novel that the classic noir film starring Dana Andrews is based on. Gorgeous stuff.
DeleteI didn't know that M. M. Kaye wrote mysteries! I've only read The Ordinary Princess of her stuff, which is such a funny book.
I just finished reading "Mandy!" I liked it a lot, though I thought the beginning and middle were more interesting than the end. I was a big fan of the gardening and the flowers.
ReplyDeleteKatie, yeah, I think that I probably read the book once through as a kid, and then I reread the middle part over and over and over. All the homemaking and gardening enchanted me :-)
DeleteI love re-reading Jane Austen.
ReplyDeleteHere's my children's inspired TTT this week - https://busybusylearning.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-one-word-titles/
Lisa, Austen is sooooooooooo rereadable :-) Thanks for the link to your list! I will check it out soon.
DeleteI've read BEAUTY and THE OUTSIDERS, but it's been a long time for both of them. Time for some re-reading, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan, both of those are good for rereads! :-)
DeletePersuasion is a good pick for this. Happy reading! My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/my-top-ten-favorite-contemporary-romance-books/
ReplyDeleteStefani, I think Persuasion is a good pick for most lists ;-) Thanks for the link to your list!
DeleteYAY for Jane Austen and I've heard a LOT of good things about "Beauty." Never did read it though! Maybe someday. :) Thanks so much for visiting my website on this week.
ReplyDeleteRissi, I just read Beauty for the first time this spring, and it is really worth all the love it gets. Thanks for stopping by!
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